Barbra J. Broudy

Barbra is recognized as a “Rising Star” for Capital Markets: Debt & Equity in the U.S. by IFLR1000. She was shortlisted as “Equity Capital Markets Lawyer of the Year” for Euromoney Legal Media Group’s Americas Women in Business Law Awards for 2024. Barbra is also recognized as a “Next Generation Partner” for Capital Markets: Debt Offerings by Legal 500 US and recommended for Capital Markets: Equity Offerings by Legal 500 US in the 2024 edition, where she is described as “a key advisor” and noted for her “strong level of sophisticated legal advice and good judgement.”

Experience

Initial Public Offerings

• Atlantic Avenue Acquisition Corp., a SPAC sponsored by an affiliate of MC Credit Partners, in its $250 million initial public offering.
• Avista Healthcare Public Acquisition Corp. (Cayman Islands), a SPAC that is an affiliate of Avista Acquisition Corporation, in its $310 million initial public offering and simultaneous $8 million offering of private placement warrants.
• Churchill Capital Corp VII, a SPAC sponsored by Churchill Capital Group, in its $1.38 billion initial public offering.
• Dave & Buster’s Entertainment, Inc. in its $100 million initial public offering. 
• Deep Lake Capital Acquisition Corp., a SPAC sponsored by Deep Lake Capital Sponsor LP, in its $207 million initial public offering.
• Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc. (a public company backed by an investor consortium led by THL Partners, Cannae Holdings, Black Knight and CC Capital) in its $1.98 billion initial public offering and $400 million concurrent private placement.
• Generac Holdings (a portfolio company of CCMP Capital Advisors) in its $270 million initial public offering.
• Genstar Capital, as sponsor, in the $97 million initial public offering of Palomar Holdings, Inc.
• Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan, as lead underwriters, in a $980 million secondary offering of 20,000,000 shares of its Class A common stock of UL Solutions Inc.
• Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan and a leading financial institution, as the lead underwriters, in a $1.1 billion initial public offering of UL Solutions Inc.
• Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan, as joint lead book-running managers and representatives of several underwriters, in a $345 million primary follow-on offering of Class A common stock in Camping World Holdings, Inc. (a portfolio company of Crestview Advisors).
• Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan, as representatives of the initial purchasers, in a $300 million 144A/Reg S offering of 6.500% senior notes for UL Solutions Inc.
• Goldman Sachs and another financial institution, as representatives of the underwriters, in the $424 million initial public offering of Agiliti, Inc. (f/k/a Agiliti Health, Inc.).
• Goldman Sachs, Citi, Credit Suisse, RBC and Tudor, Pickering, as underwriters, in the $314 million initial public offering of Switchback Energy Acquisition Corporation, a SPAC sponsored by NGP Natural Resources.
• Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse, Evercore and another financial institution, as representatives of the underwriters, in the $178 million initial public offering of The Vita Coco Company, Inc. (a portfolio company of Verlinvest).
• Gores Holdings II, a SPAC sponsored by The Gores Group, in its $400 million initial public offering.
• Investment funds affiliated with WL Ross & Co, as selling stockholders, in the $900 million initial public offering of BankUnited.
• Lantheus Holdings, Inc. (a portfolio company of Avista Capital Partners) in its initial public offering.
• Morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan and Credit Suisse, as representatives of the underwriters, in the $1.6 billion initial public offering, via American Depositary Shares, of Oatly Group AB (a portfolio company of a joint venture between China Resources and Verlinvest).
• STR Holdings Inc. (a portfolio company of DLJ Merchant Banking Partners) in its $123 million initial public offering.
• Vantiv, Inc. (a joint venture of Advent International and Fifth Third Bank) in its $575 million initial public offering.

Other Equity & Debt Offerings

• Morgan Stanley, as underwriter, in a $2.9 billion block trade of approximately 100,000,000 shares of common stock of Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. by JAB BevCo B.V. and a concurrent repurchase of 35,000,000 shares of common stock by Keurig Dr Pepper Inc.; $2.3 billion block trade of 69,000,000 shares of common stock of Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. by JAB BevCo B.V.
• Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan Securities, Mizuho and another financial institution, as representatives of the underwriters, in a $3 billion investment grade senior notes offering for Keurig Dr Pepper Inc.
• A major financial institution, as underwriter, in a $110.4 million secondary offering of 4,000,000 shares of common stock of The Vita Coco Company, Inc. by Verlinvest Beverages SA.
• Advent International and Thomas H. Lee Partners, as selling shareholders, in over $2.5 billion underwritten secondary public offerings via block trade of shares in Syneos Health, Inc.
• Banks, as underwriters, in approximately $6.2 billion of secondary offerings via block trade of 213 million shares of Keurig Dr Pepper Inc.
• Banks, as representatives of the underwriters, in $3.65 billion offerings of senior unsecured notes by Keurig Dr Pepper Inc.
• Black Knight, Inc. (BK) in a $1 billion private offering pursuant to Rule 144A of senior unsecured notes by its subsidiary, Black Knight InfoServ, LLC, to finance BK's acquisition of Optimal Blue Holdings, LLC.
• C. R. Bard, Inc. in its $500 million investment grade notes offering.
• Cannae Holdings, as selling shareholder, in approximately $313.2 million Rule 144 sales of 17.7 million shares of Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc. (a public company backed by an investor consortium led by THL Partners, Cannae Holdings, Black Knight and CC Capital).
• Ceridian Corporation (a portfolio company of Thomas H. Lee Partners) in its $475 million senior exchangeable notes offering.
• The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. in its $650 million offering of investment grade senior unsecured notes.
• The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. in ten investment grade notes offerings totaling $8.9 billion.
• Fidelity National Financial, Inc. in a $450 million senior notes offering in a private placement and subsequent A/B exchange offer.
• Financial institutions, as lead dealer managers, in offers by Microsoft Corporation to exchange an aggregate of $10 billion of certain series of investment grade notes for new notes plus a cash payment, to refinance existing indebtedness.
• Generac Holdings (a portfolio company of CCMP Capital Advisors) in over $1 billion of secondary offerings of common stock.
• Genstar Capital, as principal selling stockholder, in over $500 million of secondary offerings and Rule 144 sales of common stock of Palomar Holdings, Inc.
• Goldman Sachs, as agent, in a $132 million at-the-market offering of 4.3 million shares of its common stock by Keurig Dr Pepper Inc.
• Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan, as representatives of the underwriters, in an $84 million follow-on offering of the stock of Accel Entertainment, Inc.
• Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan and another financial institution, as representatives of the underwriters, in a $1.5 billion offering of senior unsecured notes by Keurig Dr Pepper Inc.
• Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan, SMBC Nikko Securities America and another financial institution, as representatives of the underwriters, in a $2.15 billion offering of senior unsecured notes by Keurig Dr Pepper Inc., to repay existing indebtedness.
• Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley and another financial institution, as representatives of the underwriters, in a $3 billion multi-tranche senior unsecured notes offering by Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. to repay existing indebtedness.
• Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan and another leading financial institution, as lead underwriters, in a $147 million follow-on secondary offering of 3 million shares of its Class A common stock of UL Solutions Inc.
• Iron Mountain Incorporated in its $617 million follow-on offering of common shares to finance in part its up to $1.375 billion acquisition of the U.S. operations of IO Data Centers LLC.
• Johnson & Johnson in its $7.5 billion multi-tranche senior notes offering.
• Johnson & Johnson in its $4 billion registered offering of U.S. Dollar-denominated notes and an aggregate $2.7 billion registered offering of Euro-denominated notes to fund the acquisition of Shockwave.
• J.P. Morgan, as lead placement agent, in its $300 million offering of 9.25% convertible senior payment-in-kind notes due 2028 of Oatly Group AB.
• Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., as selling shareholder, in the $1.1 billion secondary public offering of 7.9 million common shares of AvalonBay Communities, Inc. and in the $875 million secondary public offering of 15 million common shares of Equity Residential.
• Mastercard Inc. in its $2 billion multi-tranche senior notes offering.
• Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. in its $500 million offering of senior notes.
• Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs and another financial institution, as dealer managers, in a $2.1 billion tender offer for certain outstanding senior notes of multiple series by Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. (KDP) to repay existing indebtedness, financed by KDP's simultaneous $3 billion multi-tranche offering of senior unsecured notes.
• Providence Equity Partners, as selling shareholder, in a $134 million secondary offering of 4.6 million shares of Callaway Golf Company and an $86 million Rule 144 trade of 3 million shares of Callaway Golf Company.
• Affiliates of Thomas H. Lee Partners, as sellers, in an approximately $152 million Rule 144 sale of 13.7 million shares of common stock of Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc. (a public company backed by an investor consortium led by THL Partners, Cannae Holdings, Black Knight and CC Capital) to J.P. Morgan.
• Affiliates of Thomas H. Lee Partners, as sellers, in an approximately $127 million Rule 144 sale of 13.4 million shares of common stock of Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc. (a public company backed by an investor consortium led by THL Partners, Cannae Holdings, Black Knight and CC Capital) to Goldman Sachs
• Thomas H. Lee Partners, as selling shareholder, in a Rule 144 sale of Class A common stock of Alight, Inc.
• TPG Pace Holdings Corp., a SPAC sponsored by TPG Pace Group, in its $48 million private placement of common shares to finance its acquisition of Accel Entertainment, Inc.
• Designated underwriters’ counsel in over $40 billion of investment grade notes and €4.0 billion investment grade senior notes offerings for Microsoft Corporation including, most recently, J.P. Morgan, Wells Fargo, Citi, Goldman Sachs, HSBC, U.S. Bancorp and another major financial institution, as representatives of the underwriters, in a $19.75 billion offering of investment grade senior notes by Microsoft Corporation to finance, among other uses, its acquisition of LinkedIn Corporation – Microsoft’s largest bond offering to date.
• Vantiv, Inc. (a joint venture of Advent International and Fifth Third Bank) in over $3.7 billion of secondary offerings of common stock (including a simultaneous secondary and stock repurchase).
• WPX Energy in its $1 billion senior notes offering, $303 million common stock offering and $350 million mandatory convertible preferred stock offering to finance its acquisition of RKI Exploration & Production.
• WPX Energy, Inc., in its $670 million common stock offering to finance its acquisition of certain oil and gas assets in the Delaware Basin in Texas from Panther Energy Company II, LLC (a portfolio company of Kayne Anderson Energy Funds) and CP2 Operating, LLC (a portfolio company of Carrier Energy Partners, an industry partner of Riverstone Holdings).

Other Transactions

• The Home Depot, Inc. in its $18.25 billion acquisition of SRS Distribution Inc.
• AltC Acquisition Corp., a SPAC sponsored by AltC Sponsor LLC (an affiliate of M. Klein and Company, LLC) , in its $875 million de-SPAC merger with Oklo Inc.
• Gores Holdings III, Inc., a SPAC sponsored by an affiliate of The Gores Group, in its $1.55 billion business combination with Pacific Architects and Engineers, Inc. (PAE) (a portfolio company of Platinum Equity).
• Gores Holdings IV, Inc., a SPAC sponsored by an affiliate of The Gores Group, in its $16.1 billion business combination with United Wholesale Mortgage, LLC (UWM).
• Gores Holdings V, Inc., a SPAC sponsored by The Gores Group, in its $8.5 billion business combination with Ardagh Metal Packaging S.A.
• Gores Holdings VI, Inc., a SPAC sponsored by The Gores Group, in its $2.9 billion business combination with Matterport, Inc.
• Gores Metropoulos, Inc., a SPAC sponsored by affiliates of The Gores Group and Metropoulos & Co., in its $3.4 billion merger with Luminar Technologies, Inc.
• GS Acquisition Holdings Corp II, a SPAC sponsored by an affiliate of Goldman Sachs, in its $2.6 billion business combination with Mirion Technologies, Inc. (at the time, a portfolio company of Charterhouse Capital Partners).
• Irving Place Capital Management and Agiliti Holdco, Inc. in Agliti’s combination with Federal Street Acquisition Corp. (FSAC) in a new holding company formed by FSAC named Agiliti Health, Inc. (n/k/a Agiliti, Inc.), having an implied enterprise value of approximately $1.74 billion.
• Silver Run Acquisition Corporation, a SPAC sponsored by Riverstone Holdings, in its $1.7 billion acquisition of a controlling stake in Centennial Resource Production, LLC from NGP Energy Capital Management.
• Software Luxembourg Holding S.A. in its $1.3 billion merger with and into Churchill Capital Corp II, a SPAC sponsored by the Churchill Capital Group.
• TPG Pace Solutions Corp., a SPAC sponsored by TPG Pace Group, in its $4.5 billion business combination with Vacasa LLC.

Barbra received her J.D. from Rutgers University and her B.A. from the University of Montana.